導(dǎo)語(yǔ):馬斯克在Adelaide(阿德萊德)發(fā)布星際旅行演講嗽元,看看星際粉絲和商界對(duì)此的反應(yīng)如何?
有用的表達(dá):
有計(jì)劃喂击、有目的地做某事:aim to do sth
開(kāi)始做某事:begin doing sth
跟火箭剂癌、軍事有關(guān)的任務(wù),用mission, e.g. support the mission
致力于:work on
星際旅行:interplanetary travel
計(jì)劃:laid out
laid out his Mars travel ambition: means arrange or plan his ambition
高x米翰绊,寬x米:106m in height and 9m in width.
與x 相比佩谷,差別是:
The major difference compared with the original version, however, was cost
可支付:affordability
滿足客戶的需求:meet all its customers' needs.
發(fā)射衛(wèi)星: launch satellites
點(diǎn)對(duì)點(diǎn)旅行:and do what is termed "point to point" travel on Earth.
長(zhǎng)途旅行:long-distance trips
說(shuō)人們對(duì)星際旅行的態(tài)度:conservative
有一批:have a stock of旁壮,have a bunch in stock
遠(yuǎn)見(jiàn):visionary thinking
實(shí)現(xiàn)承諾:deliver promise,
做到很多次第一:achieved a number of notable firsts.
e.g. And although his promises have often taken much longer to deliver, he has achieved a number of notable firsts.
reusability, reusable 反義詞disposable
承認(rèn):recognises
Mr Musk recognises that his ambitious timelines sometimes slip
播放幻燈片:put on a slide
承認(rèn):concede =admit
e.g. These customers are extremely conservative - as Mr Musk himself concedes.
grapple with: understand sth difficult
e.g. Molly’s upstairs grappling with her maths homework.
e.g. They are only just beginning to grapple with the idea that they can put their very expensive satellites on "second-hand" Falcons.
lap up: accepts eagerly
stiffen: to become suddenly tense, 突然變得緊張
e.g. His many fans in the audience lapped up the presentation, but his numerous business customers will also have stiffened slightly at the news that SpaceX is to begin diverting its energies towards the all-new rocket system.
給某人琐凭、某物贊譽(yù):give them that credence
看見(jiàn)某事正在做:see sth through
e.g. And if there's a profit there, you can guarantee that businesses will see it through
腦中常想:with sth in mind, with profit in mind
e.g. They have a big vision, they work towards it, but the steps they take are always with the profit in mind
e.g. When he put up a slide in Adelaide stating that the first cargo (no humans aboard) versions of BFR would go to Mars in 2022, he said: "That's not a typo, although it is aspirational."
口語(yǔ)詞匯
想出來(lái): figure out
e.g. I think we've figured out how to pay for it. This is very important.
投入資源做某事:resources will then turn to + V-ing
e.g. But all of our resources will then turn to building BFR.
遠(yuǎn)大理想:big vision
介紹某人與其公司的句式:
As well as being the CEO and chief designer at SpaceX, Mr Musk also founded the Tesla electric car company and is chairman of SolarCity which specialises in renewables technologies, such as high-storage batteries.
such as 后面可以接一樣?xùn)|西卒暂,但是是復(fù)數(shù)